It's calm and dry for now, but the middle of this upcoming week won't be so nice and could throw a wrench in some outdoor Halloween plans.
Sunday should see highs in the low 40s, a couple degrees warmer than Saturday. We should see plenty of sunshine, but a few clouds may block out the sun from time to time.
Sunday night will see more mostly clear skies with near calm winds. Lows will be chilly with a wide range of temperatures. Most lows will be in the 20s, but a low in the low 30s is possible near the lakes, and lows in the 10s are likely in the western interior.
Monday will again be cool and calm with partly sunny skies and highs in the low to mid 40s.
Late Monday night is when we start to see a change. Lows will be less cool in the mid 20s to mid 30s. Skies will be a bit on the clear side, but cloud cover will increase late Monday night, early Tuesday morning in the far eastern U.P. as Hurricane Sandy starts to make landfall.
The National Hurricane Center is expecting Sandy to make landfall on the Atlantic Coast sometime on Tuesday. Her far western bands will impact the Midwest around that time.
In the U.P., we should see precipitation starting Tuesday in the eastern counties making its way westward and lasting almost entirely through Halloween Wednesday and much of Thursday. What kind of precipitation is difficult to forecast precisely. In the daytime, temps should be well above freezing meaning it should be more rain than snow, and at night it's the opposite situation.
In summary, expect at minimum a rain and snow mix for about a 48-hour period or longer. I think at least a little snow accumulation is likely, but it will have to be monitored as the days get closer. The most rain or snow will be in the eastern U.P. and along Lake Superior.
On Friday, conditions should clear up as Sandy's remnants move northward.
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